Game apparatus



June .16, 1925.

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Patented June 16, 1925.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY W. KNIGHTJOF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO PARKER. BROTHERS, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

ea'nn APPARATUS.

Application filed October 21, 1924. Serial No. 744,933.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Smirnr W. KNIGHT, a subject of the King of England, and resident of London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game Ap- Earatus, of which the following is a specication. Y

This invention relates. to .an amusement device or game which simultaneously presents a test of the players skill as well as a determination of .the element of chance.

The device consists essentially of one or more pockets or bucketsjheld in spaced relationship, preferably with their openings upward or slightly inclined, and an independently adjustable catapult with which suitable projectiles may be thrown toward and into the several pockets from varying distances and ositions.

A preferre embodiment of the invention will be described in the form shown the accompanying-drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic side view of the game, assembled for playing; 7

Fig. 2 is a front View. of the game board; Fig. 3'is'an enlarged-perspective view of the catapult; and Y vFig. 4 is an enlarged view and crosssection of the projectile, which is shown in the form of a bottle.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a plain board, having vertical slots 2 at the bottom -.'edge, adapted to fit into similar slots in the pair of Sn ports 3, which thus serve to retain the card in upright position upon the table top or other flat surface 4. In spaced relation upon the face of the board there are mounted a lurality of pockets, those in the describe to stance taking the form of buckets 5 havin cavities 6 of appropriate size and shape an provided with holes 7 near the up er rim, by which they are hung upon the ooks 8 screwed into the board 1. One of the numerals 9 (for example, 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100, as shown) is paced adjacent each of the buckets, to indicate-the score to which the layer is entitled. I

e catapult or sp 'n'g trap 11 comprises a flat base 12, and aflexed spring member 13, fastened to'the base at one end and to a small carrier block 14 at the other. In the top face of block 14 there is provided a socket 15 to receive the projectile, and a projection 10 (Fig. 1) by which it may be flexed downwardly, with the finger.

The projectile 16 may conveniently be made of wood and in the shape of a bottle. A recess 17 is provided in the bottom, into which there is inserted a counterweight such as the lead plug 18, to stabilize the projectile, and to permit its being of such vsize'and shape as to rest upon the carrier 14 and to be received by any one of the buckets 5.

From the foregoing description, the mode of playing the game will be obvious. After setting up the board 1, in an upright .or vertical position upon the supports 3 preferably on a flat surface 4 and adjusting the buckets to hang Vertically thereon, the catapult 11 is placed at a suitable distance and directed toward one or another of the socket 15 of the block (as shown in Fig. '1)

and the carrier depressed by the finger with a pressure calculated to throw or toss the bottle the necessary distance and into one of the buckets. The carrier is then suddenly released whereupon the bottle describes a trajectory as shown by dotted line 19 and either falls into a bucket or to the table 4. The bucket into which it dro s determines the score by the numeral 9 a jacent to it, thus 100 for the central bucket, etc. may 0f course be substituted at will. Other forms of the pockets and projectile may be designed and the catapult also may be modified, but such alterations are incidental to the main features of the invention and are comprehended in the above description and by the following claims.

I claim: I

1. A game board com rising a flat board, a hook thereon, a buc et, means on said bucket for suspending engagement with said hook, slots in the lower edge of said board and correspondingly slotted supportin strips adated for interlocking t Other rules and methods of scoring erewlth and retaining the board in upright position. a f Y' game comprising a fiat board, a a weighted projectile, and a catapult, indehook thereon, a bucket. means on said pendently adjustable with respect to said bucket for suspending engagement with board and adapted to throw the weighted 10 said hook, slots in the lower edge of said projectile toward and into said bucket. 5 board, correspondingly slotted supporting Signed by me at Salem, Mass, this sixstrips adapted for interlocking therewith teenth day of October 1924. and retaining the board in upright position, SIDNEY W. KNIGHT. 

